Archive

June 4th, 2013

June 4, 2013

Registration is now open for the 2013 LeFlore County Express Fall Soccer League.
Registration can be done through the internet at www.leflorecountysoccer.com.
Late registration cost per child is $40.
Payment method details are available at the aforementioned website.
â€¢ â€¢ â€¢
The 2013 Poteau Coed Church Softball League registration has begun.
Any church that is interested in playing at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex this summer needs to contact Billy Bond at (918) 647-1939.
The entry fee is $400 per team.
Deadline to entry is June 26. League will begin play on July 8 or 9.
â€¢ â€¢ â€¢

June 4, 2013

By

TIM TALLEY,Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) â€” A civil justice reform measure hailed in 2009 as the most comprehensive bill to ever affect Oklahoma's legal system was declared unconstitutional Tuesday by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

In a 7-2 decision, the state's highest court declared that the law, known as the Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009, violated the single-subject rule in the Oklahoma Constitution and amounted to unconstitutional logrolling, or the passing of legislation that contains multiple subjects.

June 4, 2013

Ted Owens, 91, of Heavener died Friday, May 31, 2013, in McKinleyville, Calif.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 8, in the Dowden Funeral Home Chapel, Heavener. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery,

June 4, 2013

By

Kim Ross

A hometown son has lost his life after being targeted by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.
Spc. Robert Allan Pierce, 20, of Panama was one of two soldiers killed Monday in an insurgent attack in Tsamkani, Afghanistan.
Captain Ebony Malloy with the International Security Assistance Forces said Tuesday that two ISAF members [Pierce and Justin L. Sisson, 23, of Phoenix, Ariz.] were killed during a vehicle borne improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan [Monday]. The attack also killed and wounded several Afghan civilians.

June 4, 2013

Lena Derotha Elder Elliott, 88, of Heavener died Sunday, June 2, 2013.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at Heavener First Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Dowden Funeral Home.

June 4, 2013

Jason Michael Hiler, 34, of Van Buren, Ark., died Friday, May 31, 2013, in Clinton.
He was born March 4, 1979 in Talihina. Jason was an employee of Acme Trucking and a member of Kibler Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ward Hiler.
Survivors include his wife, April of the home; two daughters, Sydney and Payton Hiler, both of the home; mother, Nancy Hiler of Poteau; sister, Samantha Pinnell and husband Clinton of Heavener; nephew, Sebastian Pinnell and nieces, Madison and Chandler Pinnell; maternal grandmother, Jo Ann Hiler of Poteau; and niece, Kaley Brown.

June 4, 2013

Imogean Loggains, 87, of Wister passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Poteau. Imogean was born Jan. 30, 1926, in Howe to Joe and Jimmie (Hoskins) Kirkley. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, Poteau. She was retired from C.R. Anthony. Imogean was preceded in death by her husband, Roy; her parents, Jimmie Kirkley Loggains and Joe Kirkley; three brothers, two sisters; and great-granddaughter, Saylor Martine.

June 4, 2013

David Paul Waterhouse, 60, of Spiro died Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Fort Smith, Ark. David was born June 26, 1952, in Glendale, Calif., to Ray and Jean (Hall) Waterhouse. He was employed by PSC Fabricators for 12 years. David was preceded in death by his great nephew, Brecken Owenby.